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Premium fabs, premium chips, and shortages of everything, from modern ("premium") graphics, to shitty DIP AVRs (relatively old tech). New fabs can still produce
by ajsnigrutin 5y ago
Premium fabs, premium chips, and shortages of everything, from modern ("premium") graphics, to shitty DIP AVRs (relatively old tech). New fabs can still produce old chips when needed, and we need all of the chips now, and a bunch of the "new tech" chips, will still be needed in 20+ years, so that fab line can still operate then.
- joenathanone 5y agoThe difference is being able to manufacture a chip that retails for multiple thousands of dollars in the case of server chips or in the case of chips that go into coffee machines or cars for cents or dollars each. Premium chips demand a premium price. When you send billions on your factory you don't want to be stuck making low profit chips.
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoWell yeah, but now ("current few years"), you'll be able to manufacture expensive, premium chips, and after a few years, new, "smaller" tech will be used for those, and you'll still be able to use your (now older) tech to produce older chips.